PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Paul Eclaro (ranked 553 p4p, 882 weight class) and Ernesto Romero (ranked 51 p4p, 81 weight class). Eclaro's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, I'm The Boy. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Eclaro
vs
Romero

168 cm
29
155
17 - 5 - 0

165 cm
33
156
16 - 9 - 1

Abu Dhabi Champ
Counter fighter
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 17 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Paul Eclaro!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 9 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Ernesto Romero!
The judges for this bout are Paul Tew, James Glass and Richard Clark.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Romero connects with a looping right hand.
Eclaro looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Romero paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Romero moves in looking to clinch but Eclaro pushes him off.
Eclaro loads up on a big right hand but Romero slips the punch.
Romero wants to clinch.
Romero tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Eclaro paws at him with a jab and circles away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Romero doesn't manage to clinch there - Eclaro circles away.
Eclaro feinted with a counter takedown.
Romero tries to clinch there but Eclaro circles away.
Eclaro attempts a counter takedown but Romero avoids it well and moves away.
Romero tries to clinch up but Eclaro circles away and keeps his distance.
Eclaro swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Romero tries to clinch up.

Romero gets a clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Eclaro.
Eclaro goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Eclaro is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.

Romero pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Eclaro swats away the attempt to clinch by Romero.
Eclaro throws an overhand right that lands on Romero's shoulder, as Romero tries to avoid the shot.
Eclaro has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Eclaro circles away from the clinch attempt.
Eclaro drops down looking for a counter takedown but Romero sprawls and moves away.
Romero wants to clinch.
Eclaro avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Eclaro attempts a counter takedown but Romero avoids it well and moves away.
Romero tries to clinch but Eclaro is having none of it.
Romero's coach down at MMA Training and Sparring Buddies was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Romero's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Romero looks to clinch

and Eclaro counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.

Romero has his feet on Eclaro's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.
Ernesto Romero seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Romero fails with an attempt to clinch.

Romero has Eclaro up against the cage in a clinch.
Romero swings wildly with an uppercut but Eclaro uses good head movement to avoid it.
Eclaro leaning against his opponent.
A head punch on the inside from Romero fails to land.
Eclaro blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Romero swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Romero scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Eclaro blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Eclaro blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Romero lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Romero blocks a body shot from Eclaro.
Romero throws a punch but it's blocked by Eclaro.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Eclaro is looking to break free of the clinch but Romero has double underhooks.
Eclaro wants to break the clinch but can't.
A nice left hand lands by Romero.
Eclaro throws a punch but it's blocked by Romero.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Romero.
Eclaro fails to pull guard.
Eclaro tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Romero's elbow.
Romero misses with the head strike.
Romero lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Eclaro takes a shot to the head.
Romero lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Eclaro backwards.
A nice left hand lands by Romero.
Romero misses with some punches.

Romero pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Romero tries to clinch but Eclaro moves out of range.
Eclaro takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Romero fails in his attempt to clinch.
Romero tries to clinch up but Eclaro circles away and keeps his distance.
Eclaro attempts a counter takedown but Romero avoids it well and moves away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Romero fails in his attempt to clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Romero tries to close the distance and clinch but Eclaro swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Romero tries to clinch but Eclaro moves away

and Eclaro counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Eclaro.
Romero utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Romero can do anything to dispel that myth.
Eclaro wants to control from the top but Romero keeps moving.
Eclaro stands up over Romero, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Eclaro trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Romero is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Eclaro is pushing down on Romero's leg trying to pass to half guard. Romero is fighting to maintain full guard but Eclaro has managed to sneak the leg through.

Eclaro is trying to work for a kimura but Romero is defending well.

Romero is defending against the submission attempts here by Eclaro.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Ernesto Romero dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Eclaro keeps the fight on the outside.
Eclaro changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.

Romero fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Eclaro, pushing him back against the cage.
Eclaro blocks an uppercut.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Eclaro.

Romero manages to break the clinch.
Eclaro throws a jab when Romero was well out of range.
Romero throws out a counter right but Eclaro avoids it with no problem.
Romero tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

Romero moves into range and clinches up with Eclaro.

Romero breaks from the clinch.
Eclaro avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Eclaro keeps the fight on the outside.
Eclaro changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Romero tests Eclaro's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Eclaro keeps the fight on the outside.
Romero fails in his attempt to clinch.
Romero tries to clinch up.
Eclaro changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Romero tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Eclaro manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Eclaro darts in looking for a takedown but Romero gets double underhooks and turns Eclaro into the cage.
Eclaro tries to throw a body punch but Romero avoids it by throwing Eclaro back against the cage.
Romero lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Eclaro fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Eclaro is looking to control Romero's arms but Romero gets an underhook and turns him. Now Eclaro has his back to the cage.
Romero working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Romero lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Romero scores with an uppercut up the middle.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Eclaro.
Romero lands a left hand that snaps the head of Eclaro backwards.
Romero scores with a shot to the side of Eclaro's head.

Romero breaks the clinch.
Eclaro misses with a wild body shot.
A little jabbing left from Romero on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Romero wants to clinch up but Eclaro keeps it at a distance.
Eclaro misses the shot to the body.
A little jabbing left from Romero on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Romero has taken the fight to the clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Romero misses with some punches.
Romero working aggressively here.
Eclaro can't find room to land a body shot as Romero controls the action.
Still in the clinch, Romero scores with a nice short uppercut.
Romero has been the more effective fighter overall so far.

Eclaro jumps guard.

Eclaro working for a triangle but Romero defends it easily.

Eclaro working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Romero doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Romero manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.

Eclaro throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Eclaro looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Romero is sitting in close to Eclaro's body. Eclaro has gone for a guillotine from the bottom. Oh damn, that looks pretty tight! Romero is panicking - it looks like this one could be all over! Yes, Romero is tapping! That was a very nice submission by Eclaro.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:35 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Paul Eclaro!
Paul Eclaro thanked the fans post fight for their support.